Crabeater seal vs fat duckweed

Lobodon carcinophaga compared with Lemna gibba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crabeater seal	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Phocidae (True Seals)	Araceae
Genus	Lobodon	Lemna
Species	Lobodon carcinophaga	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crabeater seal	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crabeater seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fat duckweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and flooded grasslands and savannas within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).